Inspirational Suspense

Elise Carmichael is a court sign language interpreter who reads lips, all the time. As a widow with a young, deaf son, lip reading is simply second nature, until the day she reads the lips of someone on the phone discussing an attempt to be made on the life of Lilliana York...a senator who just happens to be her mother-in-law. Before Elise can decide what to do, she gets a call that her son is being rushed to the E.R. and must leave. Then later she sees the news report that her mother-in-law has been shot and killed. But when she comes forward, her life, as well as her son's life, may now ...

A murder investigation uncovers sordid secrets and haunting mistakes The Darkwater Inn stands tall and proud in the French Quarter, the hub of New Orleans. Bourbon Street is bustling, and general manager Adelaide Fountaine has her hands full with a hotel at capacity. But she is shocked when a body is found: a hotel guest stabbed with a kitchen knife. Detective Beau Savoie, Adelaide's childhood friend, is on the case. As Beau digs into the victim's past, he unearths a shocking connection between Adelaide and the murdered guest. Beau is hurt that his friend--the woman he's quietly loved for ...

He wanted a chance for redemption, but now he’s in way over his head. A year ago, pro mountain biker Chase Reese had it all. One crash too many brought it all tumbling down. Now he’s back in Hope Landing, trying to earn a spot on his brother’s private protection team, Knight Tactical. Only life isn’t working out the way he expected. It’s fast becoming clear that he’s not a good fit for the team. If he quits, he’ll be back at square one. No job. No identity. No spectacular life plan. And just when life's already bad... Marissa Harris shows back up in his life. The one woman he ...

Firefighter Anthony Martel and his son need a fresh start.. He hopes moving across the country will help them escape their haunted past. It’s not easy getting over the loss of his wife, especially when Anthony has his five-year-old son to raise on his own. He flees to Faith Valley seeking a fresh start for himself and his young son. Little does he know, the small town holds dark secrets and a gorgeous brunette who tempts him into abandoning his vow of singlehood. But as he begins to unravel the rumors surrounding her past and her ties to the wealthy West family, Anthony questions if she ...

It can cure you. Or it can kill you. The untamed Louisiana bayou is not for the faint of heart. But until now, Tara LeBlanc has always considered it a sanctuary, its lush foliage a source of medicinal healing. What evil has infi ltrated her haven? Two elderly women she loves lie near death, and Tara knows their illnesses are no accident. Only one man can save Tara from the same fate: Sheriff Rene "Bubba" Theriot. The strong-willed lawman throws his all into protecting her, laying his heart on the line as well as his life. Now they both stand to lose it all as a killer gets ready to pounce….

In Louisiana during the 1900s, the scars of the Civil War still mar the landscape. In the heart of the bayou, a place steeped in mystique and ancient secrets, Marie Arceneaux heals and stands as a guardian of her family's traditions. Embodying the spirit of the bayou, Marie is a young widow, who is on a quest to discover the secret of the old map her husband left her. Marcel LeBlanc, an enigmatic boat repairman with a gambling problem, carries secrets of his own and a connection to Marie's late husband's murder. Amid historical events, the two must come together to solve the mysteries of ...

In the land of eternal night, no sin stays buried. In the unforgiving landscape of the Canadian Arctic, former black ops pilot Kate Hackett is haunted by the sins of her past. But when a threatening note drags her back into the shadows, she finds an unlikely ally in the charming and enigmatic Fenn Scarborough, the one man she knows she can never fall for. As Kate and Fenn work together to unravel the clues and unmask the killer, they find themselves drawn to each other, their hearts thawing in the face of shared danger and shared secrets. But even as they grow closer, the ghosts of Kate's ...

A sympathy card, a threatening phone call, a rag doll… Someone is terrorizing Amanda Beckett and her young daughter. When the police refuse to investigate, there’s only one person she can turn to—her ex-husband, Josh, the man she has never stopped loving. Brings about a shaky truce… Josh hasn’t seen Amanda since their divorce, and even though being with her again will only dredge up emotions he’s been trying to bury since their divorce, he’ll do whatever has to in order to keep Amanda and their daughter safe. Where love and trust mean everything… The threats increase and ...

Part one in a Christian Regency suspense series with slow-burn romance and a supernatural twist She met him again by shooting him. Unmarried after four Seasons of towering over her dance partners, Miss Phoebe Sauber learns she will be cast out of her home when her father remarries. Feeling betrayed by her father and God, she misfires an arrow at an archery tournament. But the arrow pierces a paper held by Mr. Michael Coulton-Jones. And strangely, the symbol drawn on the page is eerily familiar to her. He met her again while searching for a killer. Michael had quit his work as a spy for the ...

Has the past come back to haunt the Darkwater Inn? Adelaide Fountaine, general manager, is enthusiastically renovating parts of the Darkwater Inn. Her intentions come to a screeching halt when a skeleton is found behind a makeshift wall—an axe beside it. Something ghastly from the past has come back to haunt the Darkwater Inn. As Adelaide works alongside owner Dimitri Pampalon and Detective Beau Savoie, the two men who have been pursuing her heart, she learns the eerie death has tentacles that reach deep into the seedy past of both the Darkwater Inn and the evil underground of New Orleans...

She’s everything he wants in a woman. Too bad she wants to put him in prison. Former SEAL sniper Christian Murphy has faced more than his share of danger. His abiding faith always got him through. Now a Knight Tactical agent, he’s still working hard to bring down the bad guys and protect the innocent, but the fallout from an old mission gone wrong puts everything he loves at risk. A civilian died on his watch, and the prince he put in prison for the crime is back out…and hungry for revenge. The day Prince Khaleel ordered her brother killed was the day Blair Whitely’s life ended....

Haunted by their pasts, two damaged souls seek redemption, but they’re running out of time. A killer waits in the shadows, ready to stop them dead. Firefighter Dante MacKenzie carries a burden not even his close-knit family could guess. But after years of running, payment is due. Close to losing his job and ready to leave the only home he’s ever known, Dante faces a choice: come clean about the past and take the consequences, or run. Forever. Town bad girl, Rachel Scott, has sins of her own to atone for. Returning to MacKenzie Cove, the scene of the worst night of her life, has been ...

Would you seek revenge for a vicious wrongdoing? Sister Michael Mary faces this predicament in this poignant, suspenseful and inspirational short story about fate and forgiveness. Suddenly, her life is forever changed. Now, Sister Michael Mary is burdened with a terrible secret. Can she put vengeance out of her mind, and continue to pray and to do good works as a sister of Saint Bartholomew’s? The compassionate and dedicated nun thought she could forget. She knew she should forgive. But when opportunity knocks, Sister Michael Mary plots revenge. Will she take action and break with the ...

A federal judge lies bleeding on his office floor, betrayed by a most unlikely source—people who helped him bring criminals to justice. Now, why would someone working for the FBI need to disappear after witnessing this crime? When Remington Wyatt sees her godfather’s murder, she recognizes the killers and knows it’s only a matter of time before they come to silence her. She must do the only thing possible to stay alive . . . run. FBI agent Rafe Baxter is serious about his career, and solving a cold case involving a federal judge’s death puts him in line for the promotion he so ...

Coast Guard rescue pilot Enzo MacKenzie puts his life on the line every day, but when his commanding officer persuades him to take part in an undercover drug sting, he quickly realizes this new assignment is going to be everything he hates: deception, greed and deceit. Not his jam. Neither is his reluctant partner, DEA agent Sarah Walker. She’s bossy, bristly and annoyingly overconfident. A loner’s loner, she’s unwilling to share info or plans. When their interagency op goes bust, Enzo and Sarah are forced to flee—not from the drug cartel they’re trying to destroy— but from ...

Jason is not the kind of guy you'd want to take home to mom. He’s foul tempered, a bit of a womanizer and has a conscience that has been collecting dust for years. All that is shaken up though, when he unearths a package of carefully preserved love letters and a portrait while diving off the coast of Africa. So many unanswered questions, the letters snag something inside of him. Intrigued despite himself, he begins to unravel the mystery caught up in pages. He finds himself tangled up in the life of a girl he’s never met... a girl who is in desperate trouble. 'Then you will know the ...

What I’m about to tell you is going to be hard to believe… The truth has been hidden for a long, long time… Do you have what it takes to find the truth? I wasn’t looking for anything. You might be the kind of person who wants to know what’s going on around you, but I was content just doing my job and being left alone. But sometimes life gets messy and the curtain that hides reality from most of us gets pulled back. All I can tell you is… there are some things you can’t unsee. So tread carefully. What you have in your hands is the true account of Hank Downes. I thought of ...

THIS BOOK WAS INSPIRED BY MY TRUE-LIFE EVENTS. Every daughter wants to be her father’s little princess forever. An innocent promise Chasity made to her father Peter Alfred when she was a child and did not know would be her biggest regret. Chasity Alfred lived broken and in despair, after her father, Peter Alfred took her innocence. For years she lived in the prison she called home, keeping up the persona of a brilliant young girl who had the perfect family life and home. unable to truly tell a soul of the nightmare she lived under that roof, and the torture that awaited her at the hands ...

When you can’t hear…death comes silently. Scotland Yard detective Valerie Crowther is assigned to investigate the murder of a student at a university for the Deaf in London, England. The murder investigation coincides with a deadly flu virus outbreak, resulting in the university being quarantined from the outside world. When more Deaf students are murdered, it becomes clear there is a serial killer operating within the sealed-off university. A chilling cat-and-mouse game evolves as the unknown killer targets Valerie and the virus claims more lives. A stunning, claustrophobic, “...

When Gina Ford, the daughter of a prominent Tennessee politician, goes missing from the University of Memphis a week after another girl was murdered on the same campus, police call in the FBI. Nick Hagar, married to his job as Special Agent in Charge, is assigned to the case, and when Gina’s body is found, her father demands justice. Maddie Baxter is the forensic expert running DNA tests from the crime scene. When they come back without a match, Nick asks her to do a familial DNA run that yields a shocking result: the prime suspect is Adam Alexander, the very same guy who broke Maddie’s...